City: Memphis
BURNS, William Britt, physician and surgeon; born Shangaloo, La., February 26, 1869; son T.F. and Mary A. (Thomas) BURNS; Scotch-Welsh descent; educated Prescott, Ark., Tom Allen High School, Kentucky School of Medicine; graduate Kentucky School of Medicine M.D. 1892; post-graduate Polyclinic New York 1898; married Georgia May VALLANDIGHAM, October 2, 1893; member 32 degree Masons and Shriner, B.M.C., Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society and A.M.A., Secretary of Medical Section A.M.A. 1901; Vice-President Mississippi Valley Medical Association 1902; Staff Surgeon City Hospital, Memphis; Division Surgeon Frisco Railway; ex-Vice-President Tri-State Medical Association; began practice Little Rock, Ark., 1892; practiced in Southeast Arkansas in Drew County; later Newport, Ark., Deckerville sawmill and railroad practice for three years; removed to Memphis 1901; member First Christian Church, Memphis.
